Friday letters: Clearing the air

Copyright 2014: Houston Chronicle

Updated 7:13 pm, Thursday, September 11, 2014

Avoiding reality

Regarding "U.N. says carbon dioxide pollution hit record" (Page A4, Wednesday), I love the irony in reading about how carbon dioxide pollution has hit a record that is not likely to be remediable any time soon.

At the same time, Texas along with other states is fighting Environmental Protection Agency efforts to address the carbon dioxide problem ("Texas lawmakers, utility chief blast proposed EPA emission rule," Page B1, Wednesday).

What I don't love is the constant fighting by industry against any efforts to set standards and level the playing field toward real solutions to global warming.

It's almost as if, by doing something sensible, the industry leaders would have to acknowledge the severity of damages that have occurred and continue, and they can't face that.

Why can't we direct the energy that goes into fighting toward solutions to a growing world problem? What kind of an example are we setting for the rest of the world?